Derek Carr Injury Update: Las Vegas Raiders QB Carted Off The Field With Apparent Shoulder Injury

After being thrown to the ground by Danielle Hunter and Jaquelin Roy, Viking’s pass rushers, Carr left the game in the third quarter.

He completed a pass to receiver Chris Olave midway in the third quarter after he stayed down on the field for a while and eventually left the field.

As reported, Carr’s injury is on the same shoulder he suffered earlier this year and apparently, he also has a concussion.

Saints head coach Dennis Allen also confirms Carr QB suffered a concussion and a right shoulder injury and will have to sit back before New Orleans returns to action in Week 12.

The coach said,

“He was evaluated for a concussion. I can’t really talk about it or elaborate on it. We’ll look at it, but he was out of the game because he was evaluated for a concussion.”

The QB had 13-of-18 for 110 yards before leaving the game as he took the injury he drove the Saints to their first touchdown of the day.

As per the latest updates, after some time in the tent, Carr was carted to the locker room and since then he was ruled out of the game with a right shoulder injury.

The NFC South leader New Orleans will be hoping he can make a speedy, quick recovery and will not have to miss the next game.

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Jacobs, fighting to help his team win their second-straight game in a prime time match up with the New York Jets, decided to take charge. He ran with a renewed vigor, intensity and outright brutality against one of the league’s best defensive fronts. When the final seconds ticked off the clock, Jacobs had his best game of the season rushing for 116 yards on 27 carries, earning every yard in a way that woke the echoes of great Raiders of the past.

The Raiders’ new identity under interim head coach Antonio Pierce has ignited a wave of persistence, poise and hard work missing earlier this season. The Raider Way has been restored. No one exemplifies that better than Josh Jacobs.

Jacobs may be leading the way, but the palpable difference in team attitude and the relationships inside the locker room is one of belief. Belief in one another and belief in their new leadership.

“I mean, I think it’s good just because we know what type of team that we have. And to be able to see even when it’s not perfect, to still squeeze out the wins, I think that speaks volumes to what this team is trying to do and where are we trying to go,” Jacobs said after the win Sunday night. “I tell people all the time in the locker room, don’t blink because this is not a fluke. To me, it’s not a fluke. What we put in, the work that we put in, I feel like it’s going to pay off. And hopefully we continue to keep doing that.”

Like their first win under Pierce, Jacobs’ recent success and the win against the Jets meant more than just their fifth of the season. It meant more as the men surrounding him evolved and adapted in the face of adversity. The game was fun again, sure. But the Raiders and Jacobs have been through too much not to appreciate how far they’ve come in a short time.

No one exemplifies that better on offense than Jacobs himself. With linebacker Robert Spillaine and defensive end Maxx Crosby awakening the memories of Raiders greats of the past, Jacobs has turned the corner and in the process changed the team’s fortunes.

The most gratifying part of the win for Jacobs and the Raiders against the Jets was they had to scratch and crawl to earn it. The Raiders were missing some key players, losing right offensive tackle Kolton Miller to a shoulder injury during the week and cornerback Amik Robertson in the first half to a concussion. Add in rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell still learning and finding his way, it wasn’t going to be easy.

Despite a tough first half, Jacobs didn’t back down. He gained with a former Raiders legend.

“So, I talked with Bo Jackson this week, and he just told me, he said, ‘Man, you run them off like an RB, you pick them up, you say alright, I’m going to come back 40 seconds later,’” Jacobs said. “I tried to have that mentality today.”

Jacobs wanted to be the guy who took his team on his shoulders as Jackson told him to do. Jacobs delivered a gritty, bruising effort. He also offered feedback to the Raiders coaching staff, challenging them to go to him more. New interim offensive coordinator Bo Hardegree listened, as did Pierce.

“The thing that I like about Bo the most is obviously he takes his chances and things like that. But he also listens to the other coaches,” Jacobs said. “And then if we feel like something’s not working, or we feel like we didn’t get to a play that we needed to get to, he goes in there and he listens to the coaches, and then he goes out there and calls it.”

Jacobs’ second-half performance changed the game. Jacobs finally found daylight through the New York defensive line and broke tackles en route to an explosive 40-yard run. It was his longest run of the season and set a tone that rallied his team on both offense and defense.

Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams acknowledged how the different approach and Jacobs’ recent success has changed the entire attitude and approach on offense and how it has brought him and his star running back closer together.

“We’ve done more talking probably in this last week and a half or so then we ever have as far as that type of problem solving and making sure we complement one another,” Adams said about his relationship with Jacobs. “He’s a great runner and he does a good job at making good choices. So, we just got to make sure we continue to do that and keep pushing and moving forward.”

During this mini-Raiders resurgence, Jacobs hasn’t just upped the ante on the field with his bruising running style. Off the field, he’s become a significant leader in the locker room and even offers guidance and advice to his rookie quarterback. He’s all in on the Raider Way and his unbridled commitment to bringing it back is clear.